Spectacle-case



(No Model.)

L. L.l BYRE. SPECTACLE CASE.

Patented Dec. 2, '1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

I LOUISA LEAR EYRE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECTACLE-(BASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,651, dated December 2v, 1890.

Application ned my 1o, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, LoUIsA LEAR EYEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spectacle-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cases for eyeglasses and spectacles; and it consists of the improved parts and construction hereinafter set forth.

My objects are to produce a light ornamental case for two or more pairs of glasses, which shall be in general exible but rigid where the delicate parts are located, or affording ample protection against bending in certain lines. At the same time I aim at making the case simple, easy to manufacture, and hence inexpensive. I attain my end by constructing my device as shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure I is a front elevation of one form of my device. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 0c x of Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are views of the various parts. Fig. 8 is a detail view.

Like letters indicate like parts.

The case consists of theback piece a., formed integrally with the front piece b, having the holes c for retention of the suspending device or pin d, and having also the turn-over edges e and f; an inner facing g for the back piece, having a turn-over edge Zt for attachment to the upper end of the back piece; a middle piece 1', with the turn-over edge j at its upperl end, and, finally, a stiffening-plate Zo for the center of the case, and a wire spring Zfor the two sides and lower edge of the case. These part-s may of course be considerably varied without departing from my invention, and in one form I leave out the spring, the wire, or both. The finishing-edges j and f are first turned down and secured and the plate Zr, attached to the inner side of the front b. Then the facing g and middle piece are laid in place on the back a, and the front b is folded up after putting the wire Z, if desired, in place. The parts are then secured by turning over the iaps e and Zt and securing the same by cement or sewing. A monogram may now be attached above the plate Za, which latter will protect it and the bridge of the glasses, with its delicate attachments, from fracture, while Serial No. 358,276. (No model.)

preventing the possibility 0f their falling out or rattling. For some forms of eyeglasses it yis desirable to construct the part 7c of metal and in the form shown in the two views of Fig. 7, whereby the delicate nose attachments are entirely protected in the dome formed under the plate k, while the spring Z acts, as before, to constrain the mouth or lips of the case and retain the glasses in position. The effect of the plate 7c so constructed is shown in Fig. 8, though, for obvious reasons, the constraint caused by the wire Z is not therein brought out, the drawings being merely intended to show the apparatus. `In Fig. 8 the position that the spring Z tends to assume is shown in dotted lines at m.` It will now be seen that two pairs of glasses may be placed in the case and securely held in position without danger of damage, while they may be readily withdrawn, being selected and distinguised by their positions in the case.

Y There may be any number of middle pieces, and hence a corresponding number of pockets, all within the scope of my invention; and I do not limit myself to the precise details described, as many variations maybe suggested within my invention.

I am aware that scissor-cases have been made of successive steps, but of rigid mateterial, owing to necessities of form and construction, and that apron cases for tools have long been made with overlying pockets, but, however, without affording rigid protection for the tools.

I am also aware that French money-cases have been made of flexible leather having two pockets; but I do not know and do not believe that the flexible feature so important in some instances has ever been combined with my other features in such a case to the production of a result due to the union of fea IOO holes c c, and a hanging or attaching device retained by said holes, substantially as set forth. S. In a spectacle-case, a trough-shaped or arched stiffening-plate at the center of the case, whereby the nose-piece or other contents of the case may be protected at that point.

lVitness my hand this 7th day of July, 1890.

LOUISA LEAR EYRE. In presence of LiNooLN L. EYRE, SHARsWooD BRINTON. 

